Call of Duty: Ghosts contains a cut-scene that closely apes the ending of Modern Warfare 2. While many gamers have accused Infinity Ward of lazy copy-pasting, a more-likely explanation is that the scene is a tribute to its predecessor. Judge for yourself here, but BEWARE SPOILERS.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map ‘Favela’ courted controversy after gamers found Islamic text around a painting frame located in a bathroom, which is frowned upon by the religion. The map is now back in rotation on PS3 after being edited, with PC and Xbox 360 to follow. Get the full story below.

A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map has been taken offline after gamers found Islamic text around a painting frame. The text was found within a bathroom in one of the map’s many rooms, which is frowned upon among the religion.

Yesterday’s mandatory Xbox360 dashboard update may not have been as inconsequential as it seemed; those running illicit copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops have found themselves locked out of both games.

The NPD has released a top ten list of the best selling games of 2010 and amazingly, Call of Duty: Black Ops is royally serene at the very head. Other notable entries include Black Ops’ precursor, Modern Warfare 2, at eighth place; Red Dead Redemption at fifth; and NBA 2K11 sneaking in at tenth.

Jason West and Vince Zampella are countering Activision’s recent attempt to broaden the legal clash between the mega-publisher and the two ex-Infinity Ward heads by claiming undue financial hardship, according to documents unearthed by Kotaku.

Update: Activision has responded to the March 1 DLC release date with “Activision doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation”. So there you have it. Guess we’ll just have to wait a bit longer. Original: Microsoft has revealed that the upcoming Modern Warfare 2 DLC will see a 30-day head start on Xbox 360. On top […]

Update: Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has revealed that the patch released for PC today is currently undergoing testing for Xbox 360 and PS3. The reason for the delay from PC to consoles, is so IW can update IW-NET directly, as the console versions require additional testing through their respective manufacturers. Original: Infinity Ward’s issued a […]

Activision has shipped a 3 million copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to the UK. The publisher expects today’s UK launch to break records, hammering GTA IV’s five day UK record of over 900,000 units sold, and 3 million should be enough for the demand leading up to the holiday shopping extravaganza. It’s […]

The London premiere for Modern Warfare 2 just wrapped up. In case you just tuned in, where the fuck were you? Don’t worry: you can catch-up here. But if the London event didn’t satisfy your COD needs, no worries. IGN is streaming live the US launch party for the game, starting from 10pm GMT. That’s […]

ASDA’s claimed on its blog that 600,000 UK punters have pre-ordered Modern Warfare 2 ahead of the game’s launch tomorrow. Not quite sure what the number relates to – global, UK, whatever – but we’re checking now. Update: It’s a UK-wide figure.

GameStop US has confirmed to Kotaku that some of it’s stores in the US has knowingly broken the release date of Modern Warfare 2. GameStop corp were the ones who signed off on the decision. Speaking to the site, GameStop’s Chris Olivera said that it was in regions where the game had already broken the […]